So, fresh off my post about owning MA and V as your play on financials, I receive this chart... what timing! Barry Ritholtz over at Big Picture has a nice graph (seen above) of banks that have accessed the fed's discount window. As you can see, this year has been record setting to say the least in terms of banks needing help. So, what's next? Implosion? Just another reminder as to why I want to avoid the financials in general and stick to best of breed in the space if you really feel the need to be in there. Some of these companies' balance sheets are giant mysteries, and Lehman (LEH) scares the crap out of me right now with all their level 3 assets or whatever. Click on the graph to enlarge it and get an up close and personal view of how "well-run" our banks are at the moment.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Wow...
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